Frederick Fung, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Frederick Fung

Hong Kong politician

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1953

Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China

Profession: politician, justice of the peace, social worker

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Frederick Fung Kin-kee, SBS, JP (Chinese: ???; born 17 March 1953) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2016 and the former chairman of the pro-democracy Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) from 1989 to 2007. Fung pioneered pro-democrats' participation in electoral politics by standing in the 1983 Urban Council election.
As well as his role in the Urban Council, he was also a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council.
He was first elected to the Legislative Council in the 1991 direct election.
He is noted for his middle-of-the-road strategy of "simultaneously negotiating with and confronting" Beijing and joined the Beijing-installed Provisional Legislative Council in 1996 despite the pro-democrats' boycott.
Fung was a candidate for the 2012 Chief Executive election but lost in the pro-democracy primary. He resigned from the ADPL chairmanship after the party's defeat in the 2007 District Council election.
He lost his Sham Shui Po District Council seat in 2015 and lost his re-election to the Legislative Council in 2016.
Fung contested in the pro-democracy primary for the March 2018 Kowloon West by-election, but lost to Yiu Chung-yim.
He subsequently declined to be a backup candidate for Yiu.
He also drew the ire of former allies from the pro-democracy camp by standing in the November Kowloon West by-election, in a spoiler role against the camp's chosen candidate, Lee Cheuk-yan.